Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN-10
0821370677
ISBN-13
9780821370674
Category
Education
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
2007-01-01
Publisher
World Bank Publications

Description

This working paper is based on country case studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda, and an extensive literature review. In many parts of Africa, the demand for secondary teachers substantially exceeds the supply, due to factors such as secondary teacher attrition, bottlenecks in the teacher preparation system, and perceived unattractive conditions of service. Few countries have strong policies, strategies, and programs for recruiting able secondary school graduates to secondary teaching. The paper suggests several critical and promising areas for improvement in th.

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